After the war, Saudi Arabia retired some of the equipment that it thought was useless, mainly retaining American-made and Chinese-made weapons. In 90, the Saudis purchased more than 300 M1 tanks from the United States, the main model being M1A2, and the Saudi Army also has a relatively large number of M60 tanks, M113 armored transport vehicles and other American-made weapons. The Chinese-made weapons are mainly multi-purpose infantry vehicles, tracked armored vehicles that have been upgraded to the VN-11 level, SR-1 (formerly WM-80), SR-5 self-propelled rocket launchers, etc.

Originally, the French-made AMX-30 tanks purchased by Saudi Arabia in the seventies did not perform well in the war, and compared with the M1 tanks, VT-1A, MBT-2000 and other tanks in the first sequence of the world's army equipment at this time, the gap was very obvious, and it was even inferior to the MBT-1000 tanks equipped by Iraq. In fact, the American-made M60 Patton tank equipped by Saudi Arabia was also criticized by some army figures after the war.

In fact, what can't be compared, and once compared, people can't do it. If it wants to build the strongest army in the Gulf and face threats from Israel and Iran, Saudi Arabia must be willing to spend a lot of money to build up armored forces. Moreover, after inquiring with NORINCO, Saudi Arabia learned that Saudi Arabia was very optimistic about the war The price of the 120mm caliber allied version of the MBT-2000 Rhino II tank is only 1.6 million US dollars, which is half the price of the M1A2 sold to them by the Americans, but the combat effectiveness is not inferior to the slightest.

King Fahd personally instructed the army to sell all the hundreds of M60 tanks and AMX-30 tanks in the hands of the army to countries in need, and then order a batch of 600 MBT-2000 Allied tanks from China. The deal includes weapons systems, spare parts and ammunition, plus other expenses such as training, for a total value of $1 billion. Saudi Arabia will provide China with sufficient natural gas in the next three years, and Qi Yiming will use this natural gas to supply ordinary domestic household gas and make gas head chemicals.

By the way, Saudi Arabia has also purchased a lot of Chinese-produced Flying Crossbow-6 anti-aircraft missiles, Red Arrow-9 anti-armor missiles, etc., because the unit price of these things is relatively low, and Saudi Arabia believes that a large number of reserves are very cost-effective.

After the weapons were almost in place, Saudi Arabia also began to reorganize its own army under the guidance of Chinese instructors.

The propaganda effect of the First Gulf War on Chinese weapons is far more than these countries, and Israel also submitted a letter of intent to China after the war to purchase two sets of Hongqi-9 long-range anti-aircraft missiles, but the sale of Israeli weapons involves a lot of international impact, and China is still doing a lot of work, and it remains to be seen whether the deal can be made in the end.

In Iraq, although the entanglement between China and the United States has not yet been fully clarified, on the whole, China has played a very important role in restoring order and construction in the Shia-Muslim-controlled areas of southern Iraq. On the other hand, on the other hand, on the US side, the biggest headache for them is not only the unstable situation of the American soldiers, but the Kurds who are ready to promote independence and establishment after Saddam Hussein was overthrown.

Obviously, Kurdistan is absolutely not allowed to be established, and even if the Americans agree and the Chinese acquiesce, Syria, Turkey and Iran, with their large Kurdish populations, will never sit idly by and watch this happen, because the Kurdish settlements of these countries will inevitably want to be incorporated into the Kurdish Kurdistan. A unified Kurdistan may also be a Muslim country, but looking at the contradictions between Iranian Persians and Arabs, it will certainly only exacerbate regional tensions.

The Chinese-controlled side of the country, which had been hit by the madman virus earlier, and although tens of thousands of people died from the virus, most of Iraq's Shia Muslims returned to their homeland after order was restored. Qi Yiming was also unequivocal and organized various business groups to go to southern Iraq to assist the local government in its reconstruction work.

The projects include all kinds of infrastructure, such as running water, electricity, transportation, schools and health facilities, and of course, oil extraction facilities. The southern region is an important oil-producing area in Iraq, which was severely damaged in the war, and now Iraq's national oil no longer exists, and the Chinese control this area, apparently the two giants of PetroChina and Sinopec, without even engaging in the bidding process, entered the oil fields and began to lay various facilities to resume oil production.

Naturally, this process could not be made too ugly, so the Chinese company still hired officials from the provisional government to "supervise" it, and the profits from the sale of oil were also shared. After all, now Iraq is in ruins, and the only source of funds that can provide funding is oil, and it is impossible for the Chinese to plunder all the oil here.

Politically, the Shiites in Iraq, with the support of the Chinese, united the provinces of Wasit, Babylon, Karbala, Qadisiyah, Missan, Dhi Qar, Basra and other regions to form the Southern Iraq Special Region. This administrative division is temporary, but it also has a clear direction, because the area is basically a Shia area, and under Chinese influence, Shiites have basically achieved ******** here.

The Southern SAR is not in a hurry to build up its own military strength, and a large amount of weapons and equipment of the Iraqi army that China has collected has also been hoarded and distributed in small quantities to the security forces of the Southern Iraqi Special Administrative Region to maintain social order. These security forces are in fact armed police, but they are not overly heavily armed and are mainly used against thugs and rebels.

The main defense here was naturally carried out by the Chinese PLA, which after the war maintained about 10,000 soldiers in the Southern Special Administrative Region and Kuwait. These troops are basically heavily armored mechanized troops, and they are not in turn to do ordinary tasks, in fact, they are mainly to prevent the Americans from the north from running over to grab territory.

On the busy construction site, Mo Fashi wiped the beads of sweat on his head, this place in the Middle East is really difficult for him to live by the sea and have a pleasant climate. He is already a 29-year-old young man, and he is still a single, and he was not in a hurry to find a partner when he first started working, but in recent years, the overseas business department of China Construction First Bureau where he is located has begun to undertake overseas construction projects on a large scale, and he may not be able to stay in China for a few days all year round.

The reconstruction of the Southern Special Administrative Region of Iraq was a large and political task, and Mo Fashi was sent here to be the project leader of the municipal roads and transportation facilities. Although he is not very old, he is proficient in business, and more importantly, Mo Fashi is proficient in many Chinese, including half-baked Arabic, so this time he took on an important position.

Many of the workers on his construction site who came from China like him came in the form of labor exports, and most of them returned to China after the completion of the project, and more of them were ordinary Iraqi workers temporarily recruited by the China Construction First Bureau. Because of the destruction of the war, most of the Iraqis have lost their jobs and livelihoods, and at this time, Chinese companies have entered the southern special region of Iraq to preside over the reconstruction work, so they have absorbed a large number of Iraqi unemployed people to work, although the salary is relatively small, but there will be a man who can support his family, and there is enough food on the construction site, and at least everyone who works here is well fed.

The Chinese are very accommodating, come to Iraq to do things, and the cooks on the construction site are also specially looking for domestic Hui people, and the halal food they make can be accepted by Iraqis, and Chinese workers also eat together. Moreover, the Chinese workers are well-disciplined and do not cause any trouble, such as drinking alcohol and molesting local women. This also makes many Iraqis have a good impression of the Chinese, although the destruction of their homes also has a part of the Chinese.

Mo Fashi can feel that the simple Iraqis here are simply trying to survive, they have not done anything wrong, but bad luck is on their heads, war and resident evil have made the people here cautious, and they also cherish the days of stability and peace.

During the lunch break, Mo Fashi sat in the middle of a group of local Iraqi workers, and an elderly Iraqi asked Mo Fashi with concern: "Boss, this road will be completed in half a month, and the project will be over, what will we do at that time?" ”

His problem is also a concern for many Iraqi workers, who now work is a guarantee that they and their families will be able to live, and there are not many jobs in a barren Iraq.

Mo Fashi put down the Arabic bread in his hand, he has been accustomed to the local food for a few months, he said: "Highway 8 is finished, we will continue to build Highway 26 all the way to um Qasir, Highway 26 is finished, we have other roads to repair." Even if all the roads are finished, we will probably go back to the railway project from Basra to Baghdad and even to Turkey or Iran or something. There are a lot of dwellings to be built in the cities here, hospitals and schools to be built, sewer systems, drains and so on, you have to know the roads, to build your own country, it's almost a no-brainer. ”

Mo Fashi's words reassured a few Iraqi workers, and he added: "Now you are still our temporary employees, but if your performance is very good, then we will assist the government to form your state-owned construction company, and then we will recommend good workers to work there, which is a contract with long-term labor security, at least 20 years, and probably insurance and so on." ”

Everyone was even more excited when they heard it, if they could be hired for a long time and have a salary all the time, then life would obviously be better. Mo Fashi naturally understands what kind of words can make these passive Iraqi workers full of energy, in fact, everyone in the world is the same, if you give them a hope, they will feel that they have a head.